NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia and Cumberland University’s Cannon Johnson were named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, on Tuesday, as announced by the organization.
Pavia completed 18-of-24 passes for 245 yards and one touchdown while rushing for a season-high 86 yards and one TD on nine carries, accumulating 330 yards of total offense while playing just one series into the third quarter. He surpassed 3,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards of total offense in his Vanderbilt career in the contest. The Commodores scored 70 points for the first time since the 1918 campaign and registered 635 total yards while averaging a school-record 8.9 yards per play. Vanderbilt is 4-0 for the first time since the 2008 season.
Johnson collected nine tackles and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, helping the Phoenix overcome a 17-point deficit in a 21-17 victory at the University of Pikeville. He registered seven solo stops and returned the blocked punt for a TD late in the third quarter for a score. Pikeville entered the game leading the NAIA with 422 passing yards per game but the Cumberland defense held the Bears to just 271, 151 below their average for the year.
MEN’S SOCCER: Sewanee’s Stokes McConnell scored a goal in each match and handed out one assist in the team’s two road wins, the first road contests of the season for the Tigers. He scored just after halftime in Saturday's triumph at William Peace, giving the Tigers a 3-0 advantage, picking off a poor goal kick before beating his defender for the score in the 51st minute. In Sunday's victory at Guilford, McConnell gave Sewanee a 2-0 edge in the 11th minute, tracking down a ball that bounced off a defender near the end line. He dribbled back into the field of play before beating the keeper low and left. He also assisted on the first goal of the match, feeding Noah Bjorkman in the fifth minute. McConnell has four goals and two assists in nine outings this year.
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Sewanee’s Kylene Monaghan posted two goals and two assists in two victories for the Tigers, at Covenant College and at home versus Greenville University. She scored twice at Covenant on Tuesday, deflecting in a Stella Martin shot in the 27th minute for the game-winner. She was tackled in the box and converted the PK in the 33rd minute and then started the play for an assist on the final goal of the match in the 48th minute. Monaghan added an assist to Mia Ramirez in the 66th minute for the final goal versus Greenville. She has three goals and three assists in six outings this season.
VOLLEYBALL: Vanderbilt’s Kamryn Chaney posted 28 kills and 14 digs in two wins for the Commodores. She registered nine kills, six service aces and three digs in a sweep of Western Kentucky and followed that with her first double-double of the season against UC Irvine, recording 19 kills and 11 digs along with two block assists. She ranks eighth in the SEC with 4.63 points per set and 10th in the conference, averaging 3.89 kills per set.
2025 TSWA FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Colton Hood, Tennessee (Defense)
Sept. 9 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Theron Gaines, Tennessee Tech (Defense)
Sept. 16 | Bryson Rollins, Maryville College (Offense); CJ Heard, Vanderbilt (Defense)
Sept. 23 | Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (Offense); Cannon Johnson, Cumberland (Defense)
2025 TSWA MEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Alpha Bah, Sewanee
Sept. 16 | Grayson White, Sewanee
Sept. 23 | Stokes McConnell, Sewanee
2025 TSWA WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Susie Whitsett, Sewanee
Sept. 9 | Sara Wojdelko, Vanderbilt
Sept. 16 | Molly Buciewicz, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kylene Monaghan, Sewanee
2025 TSWA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 3 l Caroline Macander, Middle Tennessee
Sept. 9 | Kylie Wilhelmi, Maryville College
Sept. 16 | Emerson Ahsmuhs, Carson-Newman
Sept. 23 | Kamryn Chaney, Vanderbilt